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Test/game based on real life events in order
to discuss the doping scandal at 2001 World Nordic
Ski Championships in Lahti. The game that treats
the topic of the day was ordered by Estonian internet
portal mega.ee.

Thursday,
1st March 2001 - former head coach of Finnish male skiers
team Kari-Pekka Kyrö makes an announcement in which
he tries to explain the reason why Jari Isometsä,
Janne Immonen, Harri Kirvesniemi, Mika Myllylä,
Milla Jauho and Virpi Kuitunen tested positive for the
banned plasma volume expander hydroxyethyl starch, or
HES at the championships held at home in Lahti. The
reason turned out to be prosaic - anti-doping experts
had managed to keep the new testing method secret from
athletes and coaches until the last moment. Ex-coach
claimes too much fuss is made of the affair which is
nothing worthy of scandal. Heavy responsibility
at the contest held at home forced us to take risks.
We were sure nobody will be caught, Kyro says.

Although plasma volume expander entered
on the list of banned substances a year ago, it happened
only in Lahti that the athletes were first tested for
it The reason is simple - there was no way to detect
traces of HES in urine before. Athletes and the public
were informed of the new method a few days before the
championships started, on 14 February. For many
the HES tests came as a total surprise, said Antti
Leinonen, doping chemist at Associated Laboratories.
Before official press release we didnt tell
a soul.The
following people, implicated in the scandal, were relieved
of their duties: the teams physician Juha-Pekka
Turpeinen, the director of cross-country skiers
team Antti Leppävuori, the head coach of Finnish
male skiers Kari-Pekka Kyrö as well as the head
coach of female skiers Jarmo Riski. A
common opinion is that an athlete using banned substances
violates the rules of fair play. He/she is stripped
of won medals and banned from competing. Even if the
punished manage to make a comeback , their dope
athletes fame will not fade from peoples
mind.